Today is International Holocaust Remembrance Day
Germany’s memory landscape helps us teach about the past – and the present.
Why Colombia’s ELN freed a soccer star’s parents
Research on kidnappings by armed groups explains the impact on Colombia’s peace process.
Biden will visit Israel during a war. That’s unprecedented.
The humanitarian crisis and escalation fears heighten uncertainty.
Why the Gaza hostage crisis is different
What we know about Hamas hostage-taking and Israel’s hostage recovery policy.
European soccer championships got tangled up in a fight over LGBTI rights. Who won?
Trying to shame a country for its stance on LGBTI rights can backfire
The First World War ended with a whimper, not a bang. Here’s why.
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Bavaria’s Christian Social Union party’s campaign strategy flopped. Here’s what this means for Germany — and Europe.
On Sunday, about 9.5 million voters in southern Germany went
Trump’s stance toward Russia isn’t appeasement. It may be even worse.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/world/segments/trump-putin-address-election-interference/2018/07/16/baff2fa8-890e-11e8-9d59-dccc2c0cabcf_video.html President Trump met with Russian President Vladimir Putin on
What Trump and Putin want from their historic summit
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So Trump’s meeting Kim Jong Un after all. Here’s why face-to-face diplomacy matters.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/politics/trump-tells-north-korea-us-and-allies-are-more-ready-than-ever/2018/05/24/46089692-5f6c-11e8-b656-236c6214ef01_video.html Editor’s note: This post originally ran on May 24,
Promises on North Korea are easy to make but hard to keep. Here’s why.
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Republicans used to compare talking to Moscow to talking to Hitler. Trump changed that.
Editor's note: We asked James Goldgeier to revisit his July
Trump seems happy to meet with authoritarians. How does this compare with other presidents?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/video/politics/trump-on-controversial-world-leaders/2017/05/03/45041e26-3022-11e7-a335-fa0ae1940305_video.html President Trump recently said he “would be honored” to
Don’t trust a single forecast. The consensus all year has been that Clinton will win.
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After the political science relevance revolution
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What are the benefits of campaign finance reform?
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The Arab uprisings as international relations
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Think of Russia as an ordinary petrostate, not an extraordinary superpower
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Why our success in managing the banking crisis was the mother of failure
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New technologies encourage women, but not poor people, to participate in politics
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Authoritarianism, Democracy, and Soccer Cities
I am resuming my irregular Soccernomics blogging. One of the
IR Theory is for Lovers
"Stephen Walt":http://walt.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2009/02/13/ir_theory_for_lovers_a_valentines_guide explains: bq. To begin with, any romantic partnership